5 shot on South Side in separate attacks

Shooting

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Chicago police officers guard the scene of a shooting at the 1000 block of West 17th Street early Friday. A 19-year-old male was shot in the back and transported to a John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County.

Chicago police officers guard the scene of a shooting at the 1000 block of West 17th Street early Friday. A 19-year-old male was shot in the back and transported to a John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune)

A man walked into Provident Hospital on the South Side and told police he had been shot in the 3100 block of North Clark Street. Police said it was "kind of hard getting the truth from this guy" and didn't find a crime scene there or get any 911 calls to indicate he had been shot there. The 32-year-old had been shot in the thigh and is expected to recover from his wound. Police said the shooting happened before 1 a.m.

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A passenger from one of two vehicles involved in a crash is transported from the scene at the 1500 block of North Milwaukee Avenue.

A passenger from one of two vehicles involved in a crash is transported from the scene at the 1500 block of North Milwaukee Avenue. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune)

Someone shot a 20-year-old man in the foot in the 11000 block of South Edbrooke Avenue in the Roseland neighborhood about 11:30 p.m. He was on the sidewalk when he "heard shots and felt pain," police said. He's in good condition at Roseland Community Hospital.

@abend56 They had the Roseland reunion last Sunday in Tinley Park Bremen Woods forest preserve and I spoke with some wonderful people there who shared their stories of living there as children and parents and are so sad to see what has happened to their community

A 19-year-old man urinating in an alley was shot in the back in 1100 block of West 17th Street in the Pilsen neighborhood. Police said he and a friend were urinating when someone walked up behind them and the two heard the slide being pulled back on a pistol. The man who shot them yelled "what's up" and the two started to run, police said. A brief chase ensued and the 19-year-old was wounded in the back. He was taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, police said. The attack happened at 11:20 p.m.

About 7:45 p.m. in the Canaryville neighborhood, a 16-year-old boy suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen in the 4500 block of South Lowe Avenue, police said. The boy was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in serious condition, police said.

Earlier, about 6:05 p.m., a 17-year-old boy was shot at 117th Street and Loomis Boulevard in the West Pullman neighborhood, said Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Thomas Sweeney. The boy was shot in the leg in what was believed to be a drive-by shooting, and was taken in good condtion to Advocate Christ Medical Center, Sweeney said.

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